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“To you,אֲלֵיכֶםmen,אִישִׁיםI call,אֶקְרָאandוְmy voiceקוֹלִיgoes toאֶלthe childrenבְּנֵיof man.אָדָם
Proverbs 8:4
Study it in the app““To you, men, I call, and my voice goes to the children of man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 8:4, word by word
- menאִישִׁיםishim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ishim” appears- I callאֶקְרָאekra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “ekra” appears- my voiceקוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- the childrenבְּנֵיbene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “bene” appears- of manאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
3beside the gates, at the mouth of the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries aloud:
4 · This verse (above)
5Understand, simple ones, shrewdness; and, senseless ones, understand with your heart.